The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
BARBARA BUSHWell, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They’re working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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. . . learning never ends, and as we enter the next century, it will be more and more important for all Americans to be lifelong learners. . . . every one of us can contribute in some way to a better-educated America.
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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
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Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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The darn trouble with cleaning the house is it gets dirty the next day anyway, so skip a week if you have to. The children are the most important thing.
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As if we don’t have enough volence on television. After her husband accidentally hit two spectators with golf balls during a celebrity golf tournament.
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I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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One thing I can say about George… he may not be able to keep a job, but he’s not boring.
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Your success as a family… our success as a nation… depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.
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At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.
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I don’t like attacking.
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If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
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